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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-09-30

many of them are darker than the Ia
nIYes OF Northern India. The men, as
a rule, are fairly good looking the
women a painful contrast TO their lovely
sisters in Southern Spain. Like them,
they dress in black on state occasions (;
but there all similarity ceases. for they
have neither their stately walk, their
beauty, nor their graceful fan play. In
facs, the only comelywomen in Lisbon
are the bare legged ish-wives. who trot
gay!y through the streets pOisiDg huge
baskets OF hsh upon their handsome
heads, and who, IL Is whispered, are not
Portuguese At all, but immigrants from
the northern provinces OF Spain.
There is plenty OF life and animation
on the streets peasants in black Jackets,
bell shaped trousers supported by a red
sash, and wonderfully pointed shoes,
fog their gayly decked oyeIladen mules
over the uneven pavement handso me-
ly dressed officers lounge about the doors
of the cafes sturdy Galician porters,
the hewers of wood and drawers of
water for the leisurely Portuguese, stag
ger along under theIT heavy burdens !;
tram cars with three Ur Iour mules
abreast rattle past at every moment.
Bright eyed children poster you incess-
antly to buy tickets for the lottery, in
which you can speculate for the low sum
OF three pence and horsemen in tawdry
picadCr costume canter about the
streets, sounding bugles and scattering
handbIlls to announce the program :or
theneXt bull fight.
All the squares and modern streets
are we'll planted with trees &; and at
every available spot in the town public
garden has been laid out, with fountains
surrounded by hedges of cactus and
alo6s, aud d wealth of roses, arums. and
geTaniums, growing half wild around
palm trees, acacias, and bananas. In
| fact, the Cnly piece Of ground in Lisbon
! IS the great open space in front of the
kings palace at Bslem. 1t is grass
grown in ru.s and holes A.; its few stuuted
| trees are encircled by broken and un-
painted wooden guards the road con-
/ Meeting it with the center of the town
| is equally uncared for. The land be-
| longs to the municipala.y, whose repre-
senatives decline to spend money upon
| il, in order 20 advertise the vigGr of
| their republican sentiments the king
| stands on his dignity and refuses TO do
| the work of the municipality and thus
the state approach to the roya residence
at Belem remains a disgrace TO the
capital OF Portugal. Chicago I imeS.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-09-30
0'Brien Found Guilty.

CORK, Sep. 24.-At the opening of the
trial OF Mr.. O'Brien to-day Mr.. Carson,
counsel for the Crown, complained TO
the Judge that DIR. Tanner, member
of Parliament, had yesterday within the
Court called him a mean, TuffianlY cow
ard, and had expressed the hope that
his head might be broken. The Court
made a note OF the complaint.
Mr.. O'Brien, replying TO the charge
made against him OF having used sediti-
Gus language in a public address, de-
clared that the Court was Eot compe-
tent to try him, because, iU was foreign
in its composition TO the requirements
OF the British Constitution. AT this
point the Judge stopped Mr.. O'BrieD,
saying the discussion OF politics would
not be allowed in the proceedings. Mr.
Mr.. O'Brien thereupon declared that he
was chosen representative Of the Irish
people and would advocate free speech.
The Court again stopped him.
Mr.. O'Brien said the Crown was gull
ty OF having suppressed evidence favor
able TO him. The Crown had Withheld,
for instance, the notes made by the
Head Constable of the defeudant's
speech. In these notes, he said, was
recorded his statement that the Irish
party would give the Land bill fair play.
He justified the defense OF the Kings
town tenants on the ground that the
eVictions against them were commenced
just on the eve of the passage of The
Land bill, and thus an attempt was
made 10 defTaud the poor, wretched ten
ants Of the benefits of the measure. He
admitted that he Lad advised the ten
ants not to give up without resistance,
aud that he had declared that, before
God and man, they were justified in de-
Tending their homes.
Mr.. O'Brien spoke brilliantly, not
wlthstanding the Interruptions by the
Court, anc was frequently applauded.
He asserted that his advice had prevent
ed eyictiOns, aud that hundred tenants
In Mltchellstown now possessed homes
who would have been houseless if his
advice had not been adopted. The sup.
preston of Constable O'Sullivan's hon
est report, he said, showed the means
adopted TO secure a conviction. He
preferred breaking the law with John
Hampden and George Washington to
obeyIng the law which Captain Punk
EFT and Standish O'Grady administered.
Personally he felt very proud of being
one of long line of men who had made
a prison cell glorious and holy place.
Possibly he himself would De the last
or that long line, for the English nation,
TO which the last appeal must be made.
would reverse the decision pronounced
to-day and declare it no longer a crime
to defend the homes and assert the iib-.
critics OF the Irish people.
The accused was found guilty and
sentenced to three months imprison-
ment. Immediately after sentence had
been pronounced on the first charge he
was placed on trial on the second charge.
This was one OF the same nature as the
other. Upon this he was also found
guilty and was sentenced to three
! months Imprisonment, the Term to be
/ concurrent with the other. Mr..
O'BTien appealed from both judgements
ani was liberated on bail.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-09-30
Te Nas Train Roobers.

The east bound Texas and Pacific
train was robbed Oh Tuesday
night near Ben6rook, Texas. 81
the trestle over Mary's Creek, where ths
the same train was robbed IL June. The
circumstances are similar TO shose of this
last robbery. just as the train pulled out.
from the station two men got inte the cab OF
the locomotive and covered Engineer Baker
with siX-shOoters. He was directed 70 stop
when ordered, and when the locomotive had
crossed the tTestie the order was gwen and
Baker stopped the train. Two men were
waiting here and the engineer and fireman
were ordered out of the cab and marched to-
ward the express car under guard. The
doors of the car were closed and one of the
men. a tall. slim, sandy haired fellow, yelled
out: open up that car" Express Mes.
senger Maloney paid no attention to the
orders, when after waiting a few seconds a
hammer of some kind was brought aad the
door was vigorously pounded. About this
time some ten shots were fired into The Paci-
fic express car and then pounding began
again. At last the door was opeLed and one
of the robbers jumped in with drawn pistol
and demanded the money. Maloney had
hidden a considerable number of packages
and the remainder were taken from the safe.
Ordering MaloneY 20 keep quiet, tue rob5er
Jumped out and the mail car was entered
but without any shots being fred. Mail
Agent Griffin was compelled to give up the
registered packages. and it is said that near
~ all the registered matter was taken
There was no effort made 20 rob the pas
sengers, many of whom were considerably
frightened. There were one or two armed
n en- in the coaches who were prepared to
defend the passengers if the Ioboer had at
tempted to enter. After finishing their
work in the mail car the robbers escorted
the engineer and fireman back to the locomO-
tive and ordered the train to be pulled out.
The four men moved off some distance,
watched the train for short time and walk
ed away. The train reached Fort Worth at
$50 and the officers were at once notified,
and two posses, one headed by the Sheriff,
the other by the City Marshal, were soon on
the road to the scene of the robbery. The
The amount stolen is variOusly estimated
from So, 900 10 $50. 600, but none OF the mail
men CT the Pacific officers will say anything
about the matter. The theory of the officers
Is that the same men who committed the
robbery in June were engaged in that OF
Tuesday night, but this is the purest cOniec-
ture.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-09-30
The Story OF a Crime

On May II the bodies of Sammie
and Willie Speraw, aged respectively
:our and six years, were found
buried in a ditch at AnnYilIe, Lebanon
county. They had been murdered ard their
grandfather, William Showers, age6 80
years, was suspected of the crime and
lodged in Jail and his trial was to have
taken place last Friday morning. The
court room was crowded and a large num-
Der of witnesses were present Shortly
after the opening of court Showers was
brought in leaning on the arms Of two deputy
sherifTs. Wien quiet had been restored FIVE
pages OF manuscript were handed to Judge
Mcpherson and it soon became knOwn that
Showers had made full confession.
He gave a detailed occount OF the murder,
in which he implicated his housekeeper
Miss Betsy Sergeant, aged 40 years, as an
accessory. Miss Sergeant, i: is alleged
promised to marry Showers but refused TO do
SO until he got rid Of the children. Showers
says Betsy Sergeant came to my house on
the night of Nay IS We 1T a candle. The
children were asleep and she rolled their
clothes mp in IA bundle. | had already dug
q hole in which to bury the babies. We
then went up stairs. 1 had thick piece Of
twine, about yard long. l tied this
around Willie's neck aud stragled him 10
death. then carried the boy out under my
arm and put hiGa in the hole. Miss Sergeant
carried the lantern. We then returned to
the house. and taking s,Eall petticoat, tied
It around Sammie's neck and strangIed him
He was also carried ont and thrown into
the hole. On the way TO the house l asked
Betsy what we should 10 with the bed
clothes. She said she would burn them in
the cook stove, which she did" Betsy was
in the court room at the time the confession
was read, and before the Judge had con
cluded she tainted and had TO be removed
Betsy will be arrested. The widest eX-
element prevails. and IL is feared Showers
will be IYnched.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-09-30

THE President and Mrs. Cleveland
viii leave Washington at 10 O'Clock to
cay for an absence of three weeks in the
West and South. They will be accom-
panied by no officials, the other members
" the party being Col. Lamont. Wilson
= Bissell, the Presidents former Law
partner, and DIR. Joseph ID. Bryant, of
New York, who was a member OF his
military staff while Governor. Stops
will be made at Indianapolis, Teue
Hautp. y. Louis, Chicago, Milwaukee,
Madison, 1t. Paul, Minneapolis, Omaha,
-. Joseph, Kansas City, Memphis,
Nashville, Atlanta and Montgomery.
Washington will be reached on October
-. No stops Will be made except at the
points mentioned. Through the day in
passing al, places OF any considerable
size the train viii be run at a very slow
-ate Of speed. At the ugges;ion OF the
President much proposed speech max
ing at the places TO be visited has been
abandoned, and instead feature in the
programme ~ each place will be car
riage rides about the cities over preyi-
ousiy announced routes. This wu.
euable the Presiden. 70 see the towns
ard tfo PEOPLE ~ sse tEs Pres dent.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-09-30

IN Wichita, Kansas, on Friday last =,
one l. I. Stewart, was sentenced to
seventeen years and four months in the
county Jail ard fined $50, 800, with the
costs of prosecution, for transgressing
the Prohibitory liquor law. lie was a
clerk in a drug store and pleaded guilty
to an indictment containing 1850
counts, at the same time as did Herman.
the proprietor of the drug store, who
lit out before he could be sentenced and
is supposed to have left the State. The
Judge or magistrate who imposed this
unprecedented sentence upon Stewart
had evidently never read the COnstitu-
tion ofthe United States which declares
that excessive fines shall not be imposed
''nor cruel and unusual punishments
inflicted" Stewart's punishment is
clearly both cruel and unusual, and
shows the extent to which fanaticism
eau go in its wild attempts to reform a
community according TO the Act of
Assembly in such case made and pro
yided. -
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-09-30

THE Irish Judge who presided at the
trial OF Mr.. William O'Brieu at Mitch
ellstOwI last week, the charge against
him being sedition under the Coercion
act, disposed of that gentleman's case
with promptness that reminds one of
the days of the infamous Judge Jeffreys
in England, who was famIlia.ly known
as 'Butcher Jeffreys." O'BTien's trial
commenced on Friday last and ended
on the afternoon of the next day with q
verdict of guilty, followed by SEN
teCce of three months Imprisonment
An appeal was taken, bail entered and
O'Brien was set at liberty. His convic-
zion was. of course, a fixed fact for
courts in Ireland now, like courts mar
tia! everywhere. are organiz, d expressly
to convict, an acquittal never being
dreamed Of
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-09-30

The steam ship AlesIa, which ar
rived in the bay of New York on
yesterday week from Marseil!es and
Naples with GOO passengers, meiuly
Italian Immigrants, had four cases OF
Asiatic cholera on board and lost eigh.
of her passengers during the voyage
from the same dreadful disease. The
Health Officer sent the vessel and her
passengers to West Bank, in the lower
part of the bay and her sick passengers
were transferred to Swinburhe Island
Hospital. All the remaining passengers
were transferred TO Hoffman Island for
observation where the ship will remain
until she shall have been thoroughly
fumigated and cleaLsed. DIR. Hamilton,
Surgeon General Of the Marine Hospital
Service, says that the arrival of a single
ship at New York infected with Asiatic
cholera need not give occasion for alarm,
and that in his Judgment the Health
Officer at New York will be able to
handle the cases at quarantine without
difficulty.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-09-30

\ CONSTITUTIONAL Prohibitory
amendment was voted on in Tennessee
yesterday. The prohibitionists have
made vigorous and aggressive cam
paign, and cIe~gymen and women have
stumped the State from one eud to the
other. The Observation-Disclosures have,
OF course, not been idle and have done a
great deal of hard, personal work.
There has, however, been no such a
terrific shaking up throughout the State
as was experienced in Texas a few weeks
ago over the same question. The enc
mics Of the measure claim two-thirds of
the colored vote and il they are correct
the chances are decidedly in their favo-.
The returns will show how near or how
far they are from being right in their
calculations.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-09-30

Mrs. BLACK, the wife of Captain
Black the Chicago lawyer who defended
tue Anarchists, said in New York on
Saturday last where she then was with
her husband, that If the men are hanged
their wives Will kill their children and
then commit suicide. She adds that the
women had tod her so. The Chicago
corresr Ondent or the New Y ork World
visited Mrs. Fischer, Mrs. Parsons,
Mrs. Engel and Mr.. FieIden on Sunday
and asked them if it was true that they
intended 20 kill their children and then
commit suicide after the execution of
their husbands. With the exception of
Mrs. Fielden the women all secuted the
idea of such a thing. Mrs. Back who
is said to be very smart" had better
try the sympathy game in some other
shaae and take care TO tell the truth
while doing so.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-09-30

IT wouldn't be at all strange if Simon
Cameron before he "shuffies off this
mortal coil" would return to his first
political love-the Democratic party.
The New York IjiHeS says that when he
landed at that city from Europe a short
time ago he was asked what he thought
of Cleveland's administration, and That
he replied as follows:
''Ir is all right, and Cleveland is a
safe man. His veto of the Pension
bills blocked a Fernicious move" When
aTepublican a like Gen. Cameron declares
that cleveland is a safe man. he has
only one more step to take and that is TO
Join the Democratic party of which
Cleveland is the prudent and trusted
representative.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-09-30

FRANCIS JOSEPH, Emperor Of
Austria and King of Hungary, has
more royal titles than any other Euro
pean sovereign. He Is King Of seven
countries or provinces. Grand Prince o.:
one, Prince or Margrave of several
others, and Archduke, Grand Duke and
Duke of half a dozen more. He is con-
sidered the richest monarch OF Europe,
with the possible exception ot Queen
Victoria. Besides his personal Teve-
nues, which are enormous, the En-
peror manages on various pretexts to
extract about - 600, 600 a year from the
public treasury. Altogether Francis
Joseph is what is commonly known as
'well fixed"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-09-30
Profit Sharing.

Some of the most Intelligent men N
the country believe that the only escape
from the almost ceaSeless labor troubles
which are upon US. Is In profit sharing.
This opinion is based upon what has
been done in France, where some large
manufacturing establishments have
been successfully carried on for a quar-
ter of a century on this plan. Withia
the past few days a large Cincinnati
firm has adopted the plan and the en-
ployes have accepted IL with enthusiasm.
On Thursday a large shoe manufacture
ing establishment in Philadelphia fol-
lowed suit making the fourth concern
that has taken this means of ending its
labor difficulties in this way.
OF course it is il its experimental
stage, and il would not be easy to pre-
dict the final outcome. On its face,
however, IL appears TO grant all that the
most exacting Knights of Labor can eX-
pect or reasonably demand. The men
get their wages as they did before,
and the profits, after allowing a moder-
ate interest on the capital employed and
a reasonable compensation 10 the own
ers for their personal services in manag-
ing the affairs of the concern, are then
divided between the firm and tie en-
ployes. In this way the capital invested
becomes productive in the interests of
the wage wOTkers-is their ally instead
OF their enemy as they too often wrong
fully al!ege-and must command their
care and protection instead of being
made The object of their attacks.
There is, however, one point that time
alone can solve, and that is the condi-
ditiOn OF affairs should one of these
profit sharing firms lose money instead
OF earning il. Dull times, panics and
other misfOTtunes are sure to come
along occasionally when profits sink out
OF sight and losses take their place
Who is to make up these losses Are
the employees TO bear their share OF them
just as they enjoyed their proportion OF
the gains during prosperous times =?
Manitestly they cannot be expected to
do so, because a majority of them will
not save anything out of their increased
salaries and consequently cannot bear
any OF the firms losses. even though
they felt so disposed. Still, il NAV be
well enough to borrow no difficulties in
advance. The bright side or the pic
ture IS held up before us and it is wis
dom to make the best OF it. By the
time the evil alluded 20 comes along,
the system Will have had a fair trial,
and its good qualities, as well as its
weak points. Will have been fairly test
ed. We will then be better prepared TO
meet any difficulties that may present
themselves. This plan of profit sharing
marks new era in the industrial situa.
tion, and, although iC is likely to under
go many notifications, it in all proha-
bility has come to stay.-LdncdSter Ne,r
era.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-09-30

Mr.. CLEvELAND's journey to the
Western and Southwestern States will
cost him not less than ten thousand dol
lars and probably more than that. He
has engaged special train for the en-
tire distance, about 1 500 miles consist
ing of an engine, = baggage and supply
car and two palace cars. IL has not
heretofore cost a President any thing to
get himself transported to any part OF
the country to which he wished 10 make
visit, the railroad companies always
furnishing the cars and the motive pow
er. MI. Cleveland, however. since he
became President. and Infinitely to his
credit, has always paid his own fare Just
as other travellers do, and proposes on
his present extensive journey which he
began this morning TO bear his own ex-
penses, even il it does cost HIM the one
fifth of his annual salary.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-09-30

II is 10 bs hoped that the rumor as to
the prot osed resignation OF Geuer9I
Master Workman POWdeIly is not true
The prominence that the order OF the
knights OF LaGcr has acquired IS due
vssv largely 10 the Intelligent admiuis-
tTa,iOu Of Mr. nOwderIy as its chief Oil -
Ger. lie Is conservative n his views.
and Yet thoroughly alive tO everything
which will promote the interests or vel
fare Of tie wOIklngmen. Ii his conn
sells Dad been entirely followed The order
would not to-day have so many internal
dlsseusions While Mr.. PowdeiIy is not
a learned man he has vast amount of
sterling common sense, and he has de-
voted 10 The order over which he pre-
sides an amount Of study, energy and
hard work that will not be exceeded ty
any successor who may be chosen. II
the Knights are wise they Will decline
70 accer. MS res. EGation, and re-elect
h..I eClog.L EUstC. workman
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-09-30

ROGER \. PRYOR, the we'll known
New York lawyer, has decided, just as
any other lawyer would decide to whom
a good sized retaining fee was paid,
that there are grounds which will war
Iant taking the case of the condemned
Court of the United States. lie will
be associated with Captain w. F. Black,
of Chicago, who was the leading lawyer
in conducting the defence of the An
nIchists at their trial. Captain Black
has been i'll New York for several days
consulting Gen. Pryor in regard to the
matter.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-09-30

IT really appears as if Governor Fora
ker and his friends IN Ohio were at
tempting little bit OF capital out of
his alleged snu6bing by Mrs. Cleveland
at the Academy reception in Phiiadel-
phia. The allegation that the lady Of
fered any indignity TO the Grand Army
has been abandoned, and the sole
question remaining is Did Governor
Foraker get slice of cold shoulder
from the mistress OF the White House
y good many think-and this is especi-
ally the case we find with lddies-that
Mrs. Cleveland had ample justification
in the lavish insults cast at her husband
by the Governor of Ohio but the facts,
from the bets authority, show she made
no demonstration of any kind whatever
that could be properly called slight or
a snub. Mr.. Thomas NJ. Thompson, of
Philadelphia, chairman OF the reception
committee, and Republican in politics,
BY this simple statement of the facts
effectually dispoSes Of the whole story !:
J take the full responsibility for de-
nying that Mrs. Cleveland Intentionally
failed to salute Mr.. and Mrs. Foraker
and that she refused to take their hands.
She was guided by ME as to when to
discontinue or continue handshaking,
and If Governor and Mrs. Foraker pass
ed oy without having been taken by the
hand, 1t was during one of the intervals
of rest which / insisted she should take,
and in which, as she had promised, she
was guided by me. The story is a silly
one, as was th9 tale of Mrs Cleveland
turning her back upon Governor Fora
ker during ths parade on Friday had
myself taken Mrs. Cleveland oyer 10 Mr..
Childs's luncheon at the Bellevue Hotel
ten minutes or more before the Ohio
troops came along. The President treat
ed Governor Foraker with the same
courtesy that he did the other govern
ors, and Mrs. Cleveland had no idea of
Tesenting any personal or political diff
ferences. L am a Republican, but /
think that it is disgusting TO drag poll
| tics into this affaiI.-PittsJ1ug Post